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VEFA Late Delivery in France: Penalties, Termination and Guarantees for Foreign Buyers

Developer late delivering your French off-plan home? How foreign buyers claim VEFA delay penalties, terminate for serious breach, and call on completion or refund guarantees.

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Buying French Property at a Judicial Auction: Saisie Immobiliere Guide for Foreign Buyers

How judicial auctions work in France: seizure procedure, bidding through a lawyer, 10 percent guarantee, ten-day overbid, payment deadlines and what the buyer really gets.

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Tenant Stopped Paying Rent in France: Eviction Step by Step for Foreign Landlords

Unpaid rent in a French rental? A step-by-step eviction guide for foreign landlords: commandement de payer, court hearing, payment schedules, winter truce and police enforcement, with key Co …

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Your Paris Flat Is Smaller Than the Deed Says: Loi Carrez Price Reduction for Foreign Buyers

Your French flat measures smaller than the deed states? How foreign buyers claim a proportional price reduction under Article 46, within the one-year deadline.

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Unilateral Promise of Sale in France: Option Deadline, Deposit and Remedies for Foreign Buyers

Foreign buyers guide to the French promesse unilaterale de vente: option deadline, lock-in deposit, conditions precedent and forced sale remedies.

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Squatters in Your French Holiday Home: the 48-Hour Prefect Route, the Court Route and the June 2026 Reform Plan

Your caretaker calls: strangers are living in your French holiday home. France offers a 48-hour administrative eviction before the prefect plus an emergency court route, tougher penalties si …

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Seller Refuses to Complete in France? Forcing the Sale and Recovering Your Deposit as a Foreign Buyer

Signed a compromis or promesse in France and the seller will not complete? A Paris property lawyer explains forced sale, deposit recovery and penalty clauses for foreign buyers, with the lat …

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France’s Rental Income Tax for Non-Resident Owners: Unfurnished vs Furnished Rules, Filing and Disputes

Non-resident owner letting French property? Unfurnished rents face property income tax and 17.2% social levies; furnished rents face BIC and 18.6%, with change-of-use authorization enforced …

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Adverse Possession in France (Usucapion): How Foreign Owners Can Claim or Defend a Strip of Land, Garden or Wall

A foreign owner's guide to adverse possession in France: the 30-year and 10-year time limits, the five qualities of useful possession, the proof French courts expect, and how an urgent exper …

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Defects After Handover in France: the One-Year and Two-Year Builder Warranties Foreign Buyers Can Still Use (2026)

New-build or renovated home in France showing defects after handover? How foreign buyers use the one-year perfect-completion warranty, the two-year equipment warranty, and the ten-year regim …

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Mortgage Refused After Signing a Compromis in France: How Foreign Buyers Prove Their Loan File and Recover the Deposit

French bank refused your mortgage after the compromis? A foreign buyer's guide to the loan condition, the exact refusal proof file, and the traps that forfeit the escrow deposit — with 2025- …

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French Rent Increases and Service Charges in 2026: IRL Indexation, Paris Rent Caps and the Annual Settlement Foreign Owners Must Master

How foreign landlords and tenants handle 2026 rent revisions (IRL 148.37), Paris rent caps with the complement de loyer, and the yearly service-charge settlement under recent Cour de cassati …

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Maître Reda Kohen

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